Anna University sexual assault case convict Gnanasekar sentenced to life imprisonment
The Hindu
Chennai court sentences Gnanasekar to life in prison for Anna University sexual assault, convicted on May 28, 2025.
A Chennai court sentenced Gnanasekar, convicted in the Anna University sexual assault case, to life imprisonment, on Monday (June 2, 2025).
The Mahila Court in Chennai on May 28, 2025, convicted Gnanasekar, 37, after finding him guilty of the offences he was charged with.
The incident occurred on December 23, 2024, when the survivor, a 19-year-old student, and her friend were out on the Anna University campus. Gnanasekar, who ran a biryani outlet, entered the campus in the evening, blackmailed the duo and went on to sexually assault one of them in a secluded spot. He also videographed the act on his phone, according to the charge sheet.
The Madras High Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), comprising women officers, had probed the sexual assault case, which had sparked massive outrage in the State, and had named history-sheeter Gnanasekar as the lone accused.
Gnanasekar was charged under 11 provisions of the law, including Sections 331(6) (lurking trespass by night), 126(2) (wrongfully restraining any person), 140(4) (kidnapping in order to subject a person to grievous hurt), 75(2) (sexual harassment) read with 64(1) (rape), among other provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Information Technolgy Act, and Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act.
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